The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-11
QUESTIONS M SUN RsADERA

the invention OF beer. Tho name derived from Jdn
prtnss Jan H. Duke Of Brsbant ~ the request Of the
Guild Of Brewers Of Brussels accepted the honorary
presidency of the guild On account Of bis condsscen
ton his portrait with fosminR sias> u beer In his
hand hung In the hall Of the guild Gradually the
name Jan primus was changed Into '0smbrnua' tho
Duke Of the story made King and 10 him the In
venton Of beer ascribed."
what +" '" '0nn''n' o''' '"' TOT '0''aanH 4. Moo.
We do no, nnd that W johnson has any record Harry
n johnson has record Of IS seconds made July 81
ie6, at Cleveland Ohio
street, SrDcK B1cHAHeE
Wall street wns 90 called because laid out along
the limo Of the palsade fence erected In 1914 and
strengthened In 1883, until It was the city wall
10 citlzeness" good English b.. h., ADs
Webster and Worcester both allow "citiseness" a. .
rare word. stormonth does not give II The French
have feminine form, "citoyenne" OF which the Eng
ish word seems to be translation made during tho
French rsvo uion when the only titles allowed In
France were "ctoysn" and "citoysnne," citizen aud
ctzenesa
when were fork: ar:, used in polite society for CON
Forks were used by the vsnetians in the sixteenth
century and were made at shefioid England. about
i8tD 1910 The Italians were the nrst people of
modern times forks; but they seem to be men
toned In the Bible Il Samuel H. 49, and bronze fork
was found among tho ruins Of Kouyunjk the site OF
ancient Ninevoh.
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DO you reeomnondi = e Text book. alone win no.
sss s. + es ssi dS
the lines:
"Come in tho evening. or come In the morning;
Come when you are looked for. or come without
v.% Min are ssr. csSs
L. We presume that . person Of ~ orage ability
learn shorthand without teacher. hut the study OF
Shorthand IA difficult way. and teachers aid would
doubtless easier Munsons and fitInan's systems
are very good harpers pub ish hunson's book: do
the publishers OF Pit,nan's. =. There many
business cole. where shorthand taught at Of
which you probably arrange for private essons II
will probably take about three months hard work be-
fore you take down letter with certainty and
rap dity The lines from Thomas o. Daviss poem,
"The Welcome" You ind Tho poem In tho House
hold Book OF Poetry" The last lines not you
quote them. but are:
Kis.es and welcome you'll ind here before you,
How many carats nns the $40 gold piece nin.ed BY
our Government MI
This quality of the gold In coins Is usually meas
ured by csrats S' piece has 5is grains of gold 800
nne That IT, Of the 100 parts into which the metal In
the coin divided 500 gold and ioo alloy: tho
coin - whole IL about 2ls carats nne.
la there free ins!isusion where can study engineer
Yes; the Cooper Union schools tree Apply to tho
superintendent ut the Cooper Institute.
D.-Our answer in THE sUx Of Aug. % needs
rection Tho Russell gold mine 10 In Montgomery county,
North Carolina; It IL comparatively old. having been
worked for nearly ntty years. Il Ia owned BY Enlish
mon. who have twenty stamp mill at the uanes
Further information will be furnished II addressed
postal card ID to this ofiice.
n Ssa s'' &c" "' """' '.''R' '"'A p-'- W
Almost all savings banks In this city pay4 per
on small deposlts less than $500 On deposits from
$op to si.op they pay generally per cent. and on
gums above $1,000 per cent
Huo sr sG AND az
The office Of the superns ndent Of the Hudson River
West and Moron Streets you should apply
there for permission For permission to visit the aque
duct apply OBrsn Clark, tho contractors In the
Stewart building.
when Be made 70,
sSoot oSPe en.,s lied" 90 sImtsne.s '' "
To the superintendent In the building Yes, there
10 room for him.
Who vas the head General next to Napoleon. in the
AT the beginning OF the war Gen Le Bout waa SEQ.
cnd in command to the Emperor He was succeeded by
Marshal Bazsine.
of Broonle street cease to exist, REsULAa sunsCasI
As theatre In 1851 On sept IS, 1851. Mr. James ".
wallack opened his in the theatre Broadway
and Thirteenth street. leaving the downtown theatre
where he had been for nine The date Of last
performance at this theatre cannot ascertain.
theatre ."'" 'A' 'A'' o. '' O''N'N u 'H' 0'osf
While ssayslDs recently wa. reading , He. n. Com
IT, d Sss.s o.; .Is, Ssi, ns%iaasrssIs ". q q
es st ia os Tsds az. e
that ss hsb sufs ,9s,y In
There certainly Is order of Druids In this country
aud they had Grand Grove In Albany not very inng
ago. tDruils do not have headquarters they have
eroves) The National Grand Archivist 10 Mr. william
THESE who hunts the miststoe the oaks of o.
Ann street; and the District Grove IL planted tho
fourth sunday OF January, April July and October. at
-, seventh street. Whether or not the widest and
weirdest conceptions Of the author" Of HE" he
duplicated In this city depends largely how Wild aud
how weird those conceptions II they dupi-
Gated very much doubt the Druds duplicate them.
We imagine that the Druids harmless and undpp.
eating set OF men, who sustain beneficiary organiza-
ton aud guard their chefest the number OF
Of beer they dspose Of each Sunday after
street.
Is man born In Ireland "BritAner, HM
No yet Britisher; he 10 Irishmau. ireland In
separate kingdom. and the OF Irish applied to
s people quite properly that OF English poo
Pile Of England
Why is the fare on the Long Island Railroad o. 10 for
n Is there not reduce the fare to two Gsns:
Because the Long Island road has monopoly Of the
business The Hudson road used TO charge high rates.
until they drove people TO BY the boats; they
reduced the farea There boats compete with
the Long Island road There n NO law 10 reduce the
fares to cents mile; there may have been . bill
To bring about such result but has become
law.
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T.w.
Tho biography oasses for only We believe
Ask the superintendent the institute: he will tel YOU
10 the advertised tendins bar In Chatham
square saloon ~ Sir Roger tchoorne" the celebrated
IL ~" ''n':u0sd to fourteen I'm
He Isl he was released about two years ago ON ticket
OF leave.
Please tell the meaning OF the expressions "trunk
line " and feeder" a. applied to raiir6A Ia G.
The trunk limo" Of . railroad is Its main line from
which the branches The simiie 10 that Of a tree,
with trunk and branches Tho Grand Trunk Railway of
Can da was designed the great Canada road with
branches running all through tho Dominion feeder"
70 railroad IL short branSh line which comes
much OF the trAfno for the main line
Which system of shorthand Ia considered the besti
sunsoRiBxR-
Munson's or Pitman'a perhaps tho lAtter'a
where can get book that will tell mo where there
are xood ROADS Tor bicycle ridingf j. ", N.
From Karl Krou" At the University buildlna Wash